Apple Photos vs Shotwell : Which is Better?

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Apple Photos

Photos is a photo management and editing application. Developed by Apple Inc.

License: Free

Apps available for Mac OS X Online iPhone iPad

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Shotwell

Shotwell is an image organizer designed to provide personal photo management for the GNOME desktop environment. Developed by Yorba

License: Open Source

Apps available for Linux

Apple Photos VS Shotwell Feature comparision

Feature Apple Photos Shotwell
Non destructive editing
3rd-party filters
Built-in Photo editor
Facial recognition
Geotagged Photos
Photo Organization
Photo Sharing
Raw converter
Raw Photo processing
Unlimited storage
Cloud Storage
Batch Editing
Sorting by tags
Batch conversion
Batch rename files
Raw editing
Duplicate image finder
File Tagging
Lightweight
Built-in Image viewer
Support for 4K
Access Control
Watermark images
Support for Themes
Image Editing
Image sorting
Fullscreen support
Minimalistic
Portable
QT Based
Explorer-like
Support for Layers
Batch processing
Image browser
Slide Show
File keyword
Support for Batch Mode
Animation editor
GIF support
Animation
Digital Scrapbook
Drag n drop
Sync with Dropbox
*community curated information: This table may not have the most accurate information. Please suggest changes

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